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V 



HEXVNDRIA MONOGYNTA. 



This is most probably the Tillandsia seen by Bartram near the 

 Alafamaha. It has lately been discovered agait. by Lewis LeConte, 

 Esq. in Libei ty county, Georgia, o-rowin^ oti old trees in the Mortar 

 Fvvamp. to whom I am indebted for fine specimens, which however 

 had only bei!;un fo bud. It appears to me, as it did to Mr. Le C'onte, 

 to differ from any species described in Persoon, the latest authoritj 

 io which we could refer. 



It resembles more the figure in Sloan, No. 122, fi^. I, than his %■ 

 wre of the recurvata, No. 121, fig. 1. 

 Flowers June. 



S. Recurvata. 



T. foliis subulatis, re- 



« 



furvatis 

 foliis loi 



bifloi 



scapo setaceo 



Leav 

 ved : 



^-^ 



Si 



Purslij 1. p 



longf 

 at th 



Sp. pi 2 p. 15. 



flowered 



es subulate, re- 



scape setaceous, 



than the leaves, 



unit geuerall/ 



I insert thh species from Pursh, who describes it as a parasitic 

 pUnt, growing on old trees in Georgia and Florida, forming small 

 tufts and covered with leprous scales, as the nrecedin 

 Jf lowers purple. • 





species 



TRADESCANTIA. Gen. pl. 543. 



Calyx 3-phvllus. 



Pe. 



tah 3. Filumeiita \illis 



Cuhjx 3 leaved. 



Pe 



articulatis. 

 iocul 



tals 3. Filaments villous 



J 



ans. 



Capsida 3- with joiiUecf hair. 



Cap- 



\ 



i, ViRGlNICA. 



sule 3 celled. 



folii 



T. erecta, subraniosa ; f Erect.branching; leaves 



longe 



lanceolatiri, 

 canaliculatis ; floiibus ca- 

 pitulads, capitulis sessili- I heails sessile. 



Ions:, lanceolate, channel- 

 led ; flowers' in heads, 



;t. 



bus. 



K. 



Sp. pl.2. p. 16 Mich. 1. p. 193. Pursh, 1. p. 218. 

 1 . cnstata, Walt. p. 11 9. ' ^ 



' Root perennial, creeping. Stem herbaceous, succulent, elabrou , 

 striate, 2 feet high, sometimes branching. Lmvfs sessile, long, chan- 

 lielled, glabrous, when yo«ng ciliate, sprinkled with elevatL^d dots, 

 «i»»t>racing, and the lower sheathing the stem. Flowers in terminal 



fccaUs, which appear to he divided, and the flowers iu 3 rowe in 



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